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Definition of Apologise
1. Verb. Defend, explain, clear away, or make excuses for by reasoning. "He rationalized his lack of success"
Specialized synonyms: Color, Colour, Gloss, Plead, Extenuate, Mitigate, Palliate
Generic synonyms: Defend, Fend For, Support
Derivative terms: Apology, Apology, Excusatory, Excuse, Justifiable, Justification, Justification, Justification, Justificative, Justificatory, Justifier, Rationalisation, Rationalization
2. Verb. Acknowledge faults or shortcomings or failing. "He apologized for the many typoes"
Definition of Apologise
1. Verb. (British spelling) (alternative form of (apologize)) ¹
¹ Source: wiktionary.com
Definition of Apologise
1. [v -GISED, -GISING, -GISES]
Lexicographical Neighbors of Apologise
Literary usage of Apologise
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Life of Henry Irving by Austin Brereton (1908)
"... from other quarters—A "scurrilous libel"—Letter to " A Fashionable Tragedian "—The
defendants summoned—They apologise in open court—Irving accepts their ..."
2. The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen by Jane Austen (1906)
"... with due consideration for the advantage of all your family, and if my manner
has been at all reprehensible, I here beg leave to apologise. ..."
3. The Lives of the Lords Chancellors and Keepers of the Great Seal of England by Baron John Campbell Campbell (1851)
"At last, in February, 1678, he condescended to petition that he might be brought
to the bar to apologise for the of- r 16781 fence he had given. ..."
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